Gospel of Thomas: sayings on Secrecy and hidden things
Every saying in the collection that turns on secrecy and hidden things, in the order they appear in the text.
- All 114
- Discipleship 25
- Controversy and division 25
- Self-knowledge 19
- Asceticism and the world 19
- The kingdom 18
- Parables 16
- Unity of opposites 15
- Wealth and poverty 14
- Secrecy and hidden things 14
- Death and immortality 11
- Light and darkness 9
- Solitude 8
- Women in Thomas 6
- Beatitudes 5
- Prologue Prologue: The Hidden Sayings These are the hidden sayings that the living Jesus spoke and that Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
- Saying 1 Saying 1: Whoever Finds the Meaning Whoever discovers what these sayings mean will not taste death.
- Saying 5 Saying 5: Know What Is in Front of You Know what is in front of your face and what is hidden from you will be revealed; nothing hidden will fail to be disclosed.
- Saying 13 Saying 13: Compare Me to Something Peter says Jesus is like a righteous messenger, Matthew like a wise philosopher; Thomas says his mouth cannot say what Jesus is like, and is taken aside and told three things he will not repeat.
- Saying 17 Saying 17: What No Eye Has Seen I will give you what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no hand has touched, and what has never arisen in the human heart.
- Saying 19 Saying 19: The Five Trees in Paradise Blessed is the one who came into being before coming into being. There are five trees in Paradise, unchanged in summer and winter; whoever knows them will not taste death.
- Saying 33 Saying 33: Proclaim From the Rooftops What you hear whispered in your ear, announce from the rooftops. No one lights a lamp and hides it under a basket; it goes on a stand where everyone coming and going can see the light.
- Saying 38 Saying 38: You Will Seek Me and Not Find Me You have often wanted to hear these words from me and had no one else to hear them from; there will be days when you look for me and will not find me.
- Saying 39 Saying 39: The Keys of Knowledge The Pharisees and scholars have taken the keys of knowledge and hidden them; they did not go in themselves and did not let others in. Be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Saying 62 Saying 62: The Left Hand and the Right I tell my mysteries to those worthy of my mysteries; do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.
- Saying 83 Saying 83: Images and the Hidden Light Images are visible to people, but the light inside them is hidden in the image of the Father's light; he will be revealed, and his image hidden by his light.
- Saying 92 Saying 92: Now I Am Willing to Tell You Seek and you will find. In the past I did not tell you the things you asked about; now I am willing to tell them, and you are not looking for them.
- Saying 93 Saying 93: Do Not Give What Is Holy to Dogs Do not give what is holy to dogs, or they will throw it on the dung heap; do not throw pearls to swine, or they will make mud of them.
- Saying 108 Saying 108: Whoever Drinks From My Mouth Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me, and I will become that person, and what is hidden will be revealed to them.